Quote by Patrick O'Brian Download Open image ““Trollops are capital things in port, but will not do at sea.”” — Patrick O'Brian ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.1 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“It is not the going out of port, but the coming in, that determines the success of the voyage.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“You have sea, you have boat, you have oars, and then why on earth you are rotting in the port?” — Mehmet Murat ildan Copy Share Image
“Sometimes in life, we reach a right place by departing from a wrong port with a wrong ship!” — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
“Don't stay in the harbour and miss the greatness of the sea. Just because everyone else is anchored, doesn't mean you have to be.” — Joyce Rachelle Copy Share Image
“Vessels large may venture more, But little boats should keep near shore.” — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
“We have all at one time been stranded on islands shouting lies across the seas of misunderstanding, hoping the fog will carry our mischief… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
“Thing about boats is, you can always sell them if you don't like them. Can't sell kids.” — Lin Pardey Copy Share Image
“Ballast yourself with reality and throw yourself into the sea . The sea is inspiration .” — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“Christ's blood in heaven, you ignorant, incompetent whey-faced nestlecock, do you think I am a hired spy, an informer? That I have a master,… — Patrick O'Brian Copy Share Image
“To tell the truth, sir, I believe I had rather sit in the shelter for a while. The cabbage seems to have turned my… — Patrick O'Brian Copy Share Image
“Never mind the disappointment. Salt water will wash it away. You will be amazed how unimportant it will seem in a week’s time –… — Patrick O'Brian Copy Share Image
“The weather had freshened almost to coldness, for the wind was coming more easterly, from the chilly currents between Tristan and the Cape; the… — Patrick O'Brian Copy Share Image
“Of course I do know it is the French who are so wicked; but there are all these people who keep coming and going… — Patrick O'Brian Copy Share Image
My wife and I have spent most of our lives in France, and we are both pretty well bilingual, my wife more purely than… — Patrick O'Brian Copy Share Image
“This short watch that is about to come, or rather these two short watches--why are they called dog watches? Where, heu, heu, is the… — Patrick O'Brian Copy Share Image
The function of the novel is the exploration of the human condition. Really, that's what it's all about. — Patrick O'Brian Copy Share Image
It is a great while since I felt the grind of bone under my saw,' he added, smiling with anticipation. — Patrick O'Brian Copy Share Image
“But I will tell you another misery that is not to be denied. In the common, natural course of events physicians, surgeons and apothecaries… — Patrick O'Brian Copy Share Image
“Yet,'said Maturin, pursuing his own thought, 'there is a quality in dogs, I must confess, rarely to be seen elsewhere and that is affection:… — Patrick O'Brian Copy Share Image
